My Italeri S-100 (Final update)

Hi Les, I'll post some screenies when the crew is painted. My workbench looks like a butchers shop at the moment:"heads, arms and bodies all over the place in varying states of assembly.

Julian

 Hi Julian

As you have seen from my almost finished model that figures are needed to bring attention and interest to such a large and long hull. I will wait and see how your recent purchase turns out before making a decision regarding my crew.

The figures shown on my model are temporary and are realy tank personel ..........not quite right.

Regards Les

Thanks Sam,

I asked for some pointers on chipping from "the Doog" on the armour forum: the guy is a real weathering guru.

Cheers,

Julian

spectacular build Julian.

Love the weathering round the depth charge racks.

The Azimut resin crew for the S-100 arrived this week as well as some other goodies from JB models of Austria:

A rather motley collection of nautical misfits that should add some life to the build. The officer sitting on the side of the bridge is a real gem.

Two metal replacement barrels for two Mg 34's I will be adding to the bridge sides. Not too sure about the antenne base (for the starboard side of the rear bridge). Don't think its really big enough to be a visible anachronism but will decide on the go/no go later in the build.

Thanks for letting me bore you gentlemen again.

Julian

Hi Crackers, I haven't considered building models of these ships but I do regularly visit the Batavia Werf in Lelystad in Holland where a replica of the Batavia was built and where a replica of the Zeven Provincieen is being built. I posted a lot of photos of these visits here online so if you do a quick search you should be able to find them. The large scale S-boat has a special meaning for me. I sailed from Ijmuiden on supply vessels before getting a job ashore and nowadays work for the Port of Amsterdam based in Ijmuiden. Just around the corner from my office is a huge German WW II bunker where S-boats were stationed during the war. At the root end of the Vissershaven another bunker used to stand before the RAF flattened it. I can really imagine these boats heading out towards Great Yarmouth at night.

Julian

  Julian, I am very impressed with your model. You are to be commended for such good work. You live in Holland, a nation with a rich maritime history. Have you ever considered making a model of  "Die Zeven Provincien" or other ships from the era of Admirals Tromp or De Ruyter ?

                   Montani semper liberi !  Happy modeling to all and every one of you.

                                                     Crackers        

VERY NICE job sir.

Garth 

Here are some update photo's of the stern (a lot of work going on there at the moment), canvas dodger on the starboard side also fitted, scratch built "Cuba 1a" radar detector fitted and first attempt at a vaguely humanoid boat skipper in progress (anyone with information on cap and epaulette colours please chip in. My information is rather vague and most available photo's are in B&W). Okay, screenies:

Cheers,

Julian

Hi Searat 12, yes, couldn't agree more here. I bought an Alpine miniature WW II German officer in foul weather gear to go on the bridge (real snooty looking little guy, definately the skipper) and I am waiting for a set of Azimut S-boat crewmen to arrive. This is going to be my biggest challenge on this buld because my figures always turn out rather c****y, looking like the return of the living dead. I will follow all tips and take my time on them. They may turn out looking half human

Julian

That is the way we fitted canvas sunshades and awnings on freighters in the tropics: brass eyelets in the canvas and fine lacing to fit them to railings, frames etc. In 1/35th scale the lacing would be near invisible so I left it off. Using thin line tends to look grossly overscale so I succumbed to the delights of super glue

Julian

Thanks Firecaptain, yes, with the foil the wrinkled effect is better.

Cheers,

Julian